When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop cover

When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop

Author: Hill, Laban Carrick

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 4.2
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 1085
Points per Word 0.000461
Page Count 32
Points per Page 0.015625

Description

Kool Herc brought the Jamaican DJ style from Kingston to the Bronx, ushering in an era of break dancing and rapping MCs, all set to a thumping, bumping beat.